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Comment by nearlysober

I don't recall if this quest is repeatable, but it becomes available to Horde & Alliance after you complete the quests to free Metzen the Reindeer.

Also note the quest text states you must be a master level cook in order to complete this quest. 5g + 1 Deeprock Salt will give you 5 Preserved Holly... thats the kind that never expires and can be used year round.

Comment by SethEnoch

The "Holly Preserver machine" can be found in Iron Forge at 37,70.

Comment by chimpzilla

Machine is located at 53, 66 in Org. Right next to Kaymard Copperpinch of Smokeywood Pastures. The quest is not repeatable as far as I can tell.

Comment by SJPadbury

There is one in Stormwind behind the vendor at 55,58 (Middle of Trade District)

Comment by Sindern

The holly preserver machine in Org is next to the quest-giver's little tent thing. I got the quest and used the machine once, then it became unhi-lightable. I think this may just be a one time quest since it doesn't count as a daily.

Comment by Dohimer

The machine to turn the stuff into is to the right of the quest giver in IF past the stairs, just for those people who were smart like me and trie to turn it in outside...

Comment by Tyriar

There is a Metallica song of the same name, probably just a coincidence however.

Comment by Oberscht

Coincidence. Exactly. The term "Hero of the Day" was already in use when the Metallica members weren't even born.

Comment by slair

Comment by Powerage

The Deeprock salt was selling for 15 gold each on the auction house. So when I went to do "You're a Mean One..." in alterac valley, I went over to dalaran crater and killed the elemental slaves for the Deeprock salt

Comment by Speeddymon

Dont vote his down .. he said probably a coincidence..

Comment by Speeddymon

Coincidentally this machine does not require any of the "Fresh" Holly which has a duration..

Comment by Discipline

This quest is not repeatable. Prereq of MasterCooking skill and minimum skill level 300 to obtain this quest.

Comment by khime

Has it been verified that you do actually need to be a "master cook" to get this quest? Or do you just need to do the pre-req quest?

Comment by Xandora

I have 0 skill in cooking and haven't been able to pick up the quest. Done all the other quests for Winter Veil though.

Comment by suppatroops

It is confirmed that you can not repeat it and I just confirmed that you must have 300+ with Master Cooking trained to be able to obtain this quest.

Comment by Azaram

You can repeat it... but it has a 365 day cooldown. Heh. I did the same quest last year and the year before.

v-- Which is not exactly 'doing this quest twice'.

Comment by nfw73

I don't know if it's a bug with my 3000 quest achievement counter, or this quest itself, but my quest count jumped from 2749 to 2755 after completing this.

Edit: it appears to be a bug with the counter, after restarting the game it is showing 2750.

Comment by Nowih

It might be worth to mention that there is a song called "Hero of the day" made by Metallica.

Comment by Shylight

this is the horde side of the quest please post alliance stuff on the alliance quest.

Comment by slow123

this quest does not apply to Loremaster of Kalimdor. So don't bother spending 10g on the deep rock salt. :)

The Hero of the Day

Description

Listen... I'm not really supposed to be telling you this, but since you're the hero of the day and all...

There's fresh holly everywhere this time of the year, but it never lasts. We've got a machine that preserves holly - it never goes bad! We use it to spice up the holiday... and profits during the summer!

I'll let you use the preserver, but only if you're a master cook. You'll need some deeprock salt and two, three, oh let's say five gold. It'll net you a nice batch that's yours to keep.

The "Holly Preserver" machine looks like some sort of still at first, but a careful examination of it reveals some goblin-esque changes to it. Still, your skill at cooking seems to allow you to understand how the machine works.

There is already fresh holly in the machine - you simply need to provide some deeprock salt and five gold coins to get the machine working.

The machine lets off a little rumble and a small amount of steam as it starts working. It is not too long thereafter until it stops, heralded by another small jet of steam erupting from it. A door hatch opens, revealing a batch of preserved holly!